Literature type: Rep.article
Language:
English
Full reference: Øien, I.J., Tolvanen, P. & Aarvak, T. 2001. Status of the core breeding area for Lesser White-fronted Geese in Norway. , In: Tolvanen, P., Øien, I.J. & Ruokolainen, K. (eds.). Fennoscandian Lesser White-fronted Goose conservation project. Annual report 2000. WWF Finland Report 13 & Norwegian Ornithological Society, NOF Rapportserie Report No 1-2001: pp. 24-25.
Keywords: Annual report, monitoring
Literature type: Rep.article
Language:
English
Full reference: Syroechkovski Jr., E.E. 2000. New breeding and moulting areas of Lesser White-fronted Goose revealed in Indigirka, Yakutia. , In: Tolvanen, P., Øien, I.J. & Ruokolainen, K. (eds.). Fennoscandian Lesser White-fronted Goose conservation project. Annual report 1999. WWF Finland Report 12 & Norwegian Ornithological Society, NOF rapportserie Report No 1-2000: pp. 39-40.
Keywords: conservation, monitoring, Fennoscandian annual
Literature type: Scientific
Journal: Conservation Genetics
Volume: 1 , Pages: 277-283.
Language:
English
Full reference: Ruokonen, M., Kvist, L., Tegelström, H., Lumme, J. 2000. Goose hybrids, captive breeding and restocking of the Fennoscandian populations of the Lesser White-fronted goose (Anser erythropus). Conservation Genetics 1: 277-283. https://www.dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1011509922762
Keywords: captive stock, hybrids, mitochondrial DNA, reintroduction
Abstract:
The lesser white-fronted goose (Anser erythropus) is the most threatened of the Palearctic goose species with a declining population trend throughout its distributional range. The current estimate of the Fennoscandian subpopulation size is 30–50 breeding pairs, whereas it still numbered more than 10 000 individuals at the beginning of the last century. Reintroduction and restocking have been carried out in Sweden and Finland using captive lesser white-fronted goose stock with unknown origins. We have carried out a study of the genetic composition of captive-bred stock by sequencing a 221 bp hypervariable fragment of the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) control region from 15 individuals from the Hailuoto farm, Finland. Two out of the three maternal lineages detected in the captive stock are also present in wild populations. The third maternal lineage among the captive lesser white-fronted geese originates from the closely related greater white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons). None of the investigated wild lesser white-fronted goose individuals carried themtDNA of the greater white-fronted goose. The presence of greater white-fronted goose mtDNA in the lesser white-fronted goose captive stock suggests that hybridization has occurred during captive propagation.
Literature type: Rep.article
Language:
English
Full reference: Pääläinen, J. & Timonen, S. 2000. Field surveys in possible breeding areas of Lesser White-fronted Goose in Lapland and Finnmark. , In: Tolvanen, P., Øien, I.J. & Ruokolainen, K. (eds.). Fennoscandian Lesser White-fronted Goose conservation project. Annual report 1999. WWF Finland Report 12 & Norwegian Ornithological Society, NOF rapportserie Report No 1-2000: p. 34.
Keywords: conservation, monitoring, Fennoscandian annual
Literature type: Rep.article
Language:
English
Full reference: Markkola, J., Timonen, S. & Nieminen, P. 1999. The Finnish breeding and restocking project of the Lesser White-fronted Goose: results and the current situation in 1998. , In: Tolvanen, P., Øien, I.J. & Ruokolainen, K. (eds.). Fennoscandian Lesser White-fronted Goose conservation project. Annual report 1998. WWF Finland Report 10 & Norwegian Ornithological Society, NOF rapportserie Report No 1-1999.: pp. 47-50.
Keywords: conservation, monitoring, Fennoscandian annual, reintroduction
Literature type: Book
Language:
Finnish
(In Finnish with Swedish summary)
Full reference: Väisänen, R.A., Lammi, E. & koskimies, P. 1998. Muuttuva pesimälinnusto. , Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava, Helsingissä. 567 pp.
Keywords: distribution, numbers, population change, Finland, breeding birds
Literature type: Thesis
Language:
English
Full reference: Friberg, U. 1997. Habitat selection of the Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus, during the breeding season in Northern Finland and Norway. , Examenarbete i ämnet skoglig zooekologi. Institutionen för skoglig zooekologi. 1997: 4. Sveriges Lantbruk.
Keywords: habitat
Literature type: Scientific
Journal: Biochem. Genet.
Volume: 34 , Pages: 287-296.
DOI: 10.1007/PL00020578
Language:
English
External Link:
Full reference: Tegelström, H. & von Essen, L. 1996. DNA fingerprinting of captive breeding pairs of lesser white-fronted geese (Anser erythropus) with unknown pedigrees. Biochem. Genet. 34: 287-296. https://www.dx.doi.org/10.1007/PL00020578
Keywords: genetics, reintroduction
Abstract:
For a number of decades, the lesser white-fronted goose (Anser erythropus) has been almost-absent from the Fennoscandian fauna and has a current population size of only about 60 breeding pairs, with fewer than 10 pairs in Sweden. During the period 1981–1991 more than 200 young have been reintroduced in northern Sweden. However, the origin and possible relatedness of lesser white-fronted individuals were unknown when the breeding program started. We have used DNA fingerprinting to assess the similarity of 18 individuals, i.e., the entire captive population used for breeding in 1991 and about 60% of the captive population used in 1981–1991. Minisatellite probe 33.15 provided an index for an average similarity of 0.39 between the mates of the 12 breeding pairs used for producing offspring for reintroduction. This is a higher similarity than in natural populations of birds in general but lower than in populations that have passed through serious population bottlenecks. Individuals originating from different breeders are more dissimilar than those from the same breeder. However, the close relationships (similarity, 0.5–0.6) found in a group of five individuals from different breeders show that selecting individuals from different breeding groups is not sufficient to prevent mating between closely related individuals.
Literature type: Report
Language:
Norwegian
(In Norwegian)
Full reference: Øien, I.J. & Aarvak, T. 1993. Status for dverggås Anser erythropus i Fennoskandia. En oversikt over Dverggåsprosjektets virksomhet 1987-1992. [Status of Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus in Fennoscandia. An overview of project activities 1987-1992.] , Rapport nr. 52 fra Dverggåsprosjektet. Norsk Ornitologisk Forening, Klæbu. 47s
Keywords: breeding, population size, status, Norway, Sweden, Finland, monitoring, occurrence, Finnmark
Literature type: Scientific
Journal: Fauna Norv. Ser. C., Cinclus.
Volume: 13 , Pages: 87-88.
Language:
English
Full reference: Lorentsen, S-H. & Spjøtvoll, Ø. 1990. Notes on the food choice of breeding Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus. Fauna Norv. Ser. C., Cinclus. 13: 87-88.
Keywords: diett
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